Henry Hitt Watkins

Judge Henry Hitt Watkins

Personal

Birthday:

6/24/1866

Birthplace:

Laurens County, SC

Date of Death:

9/8/1947

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Anderson, South Carolina, 1892-1919
U.S. Army captain, Company C, First South Carolina Regiment, 1898
Quartermaster general, Gov. Duncan Heyward, South Carolina, 1903-1907

Education

Name of School:

Furman University

Degree:

M.A.

Degree Year:

1883

Name of School - Second:

University of Virginia

Name of School - Third:

Read law

Degree Year - Third:

1892

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Western District of South Carolina

Court Name:

South Carolina District Court

President Nominating:

Woodrow Wilson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

7/22/1919

Retirement from Active Service:

12/31/1936

Termination Date:

9/8/1947

Termination Reason:

Death